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Frederick man faces charges after drug raid

By BRIAN ENGLAR, Frederick News-Post

Posted:
12/26/2012 08:00:44 PM EST

A Frederick man is charged with drug and firearm offenses following a Frederick County Narcotics Task Force raid on his home.

The task force served a search and seizure warrant at about 4:40 a.m. Friday in the 6900 block of Killdeer Court. They spoke with a resident, identified as Franklin Montell Ferguson, 23, who said there were drugs in the basement of the home, according to charging documents filed in Frederick County District Court.

Task force members searched the basement and found about 120 grams of powder cocaine, about 67 grams of crack cocaine, 58 Oxycodone pills, digital scales and more than $7,500 in cash.

They also found a 9 mm handgun, which Ferguson is prohibited from owning because of a felony drug conviction, the documents state.

Ferguson is being held at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center in lieu of $250,000 bail. He is charged with drug possession, possession with intent to distribute, illegal firearm possession, possession of a firearm in a drug trafficking crime and possession of paraphernalia.